The letter, signed by 103 professors, said Fox had helped improve a "deplorable" records-management situation and should not be fired for the allegedly unlawful release of presidential archives. Full story »

The Higher Education Coordinating Council, known as HECC, will launch a system designed to fund Oregon's seven public universities based on degrees awarded instead of credit hours their students amass. Full story »

Smith, who died at his Lake Oswego home March 23, had a blood transfusion years ago in India, apparently contracting hepatitis C, which is causing growing numbers of liver cancer cases in a hidden epidemic. Full story »

A competition developed in Australia will pit Oregon grad students against one another to explain their thesis topics in less than three minutes; the winner at the May 16 Portland event, which is open to the public, gets $1,000. Full story »